Santino Fontana Question? - Page 2

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 1:28pm

Well you've successfully gone and ruined a harmless thread of speculation with your vile gossip.

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 1:37pm

I don't really care how many shots he did or didn't take. His performance in BRIDGE was brilliant.

But I find these new-found drinking rumors very, very, very hard to believe.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 1:51pm

Method acting is stupid. However, I can understand it for a movie, but for a play that you are performing 8x a week, it just doesn't seem likely.

Also, Tigger, I couldn't disagree more. The women were very annoying. I didn't even find Ivey to be anything interesting. She was rather boring, to me. And Bedford was just.... eh? I mean, he didn't do anything that impressed me. He did a few vocal tricks that were funny, but other than that, I didn't care about his character or anything of the sort.

However, I loved the two brothers. They had a great back and forth with each other that was so delightful to watch. especially the end of Act 2.

[gdoffer]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 2:25pm

ask jessica hecht...ask anyone in his OTHELLO...including the dresser that would carry his drink to each quick change.

[fosca3]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 2:43pm

On Saturday, 'John' kept laughing, sort of holding-it-in, mostly at Brian Bedford's lines

I thought it was fun -- he seemed to be enjoying the show as much as I was

I also felt the girls were weaker -- they were fine, but I didn't believe they 'were' their characters

I thought the brothers, and the way they played back and forth on each other, was the most enjoyable part of all

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 2:49pm

Well you've successfully gone and ruined a harmless thread of speculation with your vile gossip.

Are you kidding? I guess you forgot that you were the one who nudged it there in the first place.

Updated On: 1/17/11 at 02:49 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 3:00pm

I see you've missed the sarcasm in my statement.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 3:12pm

Well, you do make it ever so easy to tell; to which I say, of course you were. Naturally!

[After Eight]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 3:42pm

The gossip is a downer, if true.

I think Santino Fontana is terrific. Having seen the first preview of "A View from the Bridge," I thought he was brilliant that night, and gave the best performance on stage. He was also great in "Brighton Beach Memoirs," and I'm glad he got an award for his performance.

I feel he was misdirected in "Earnest," being asked to make the character too much of a buffoon.
Updated On: 1/17/11 at 03:42 PM

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 6:07pm

It's interesting reading all of these comments about "Earnest." There's really no way to please everyone doing that show--not only because it's a classic that so many people love, but also because it's a very particular style and no matter what you do, some people are going to accuse you of doing too much, or too little. I played Algernon in a summer stock production a few years ago. We had ten days to put the thing together. I tried being subtle with the part (more Noel Coward than Oscar Wilde), especially to counter-balance our Jack, who was miscast and very campy (really, we should have just switched roles). But the director didn't like what I was doing so I made him more foppish. I'm sure if you polled five audience members after the show, each of them would have had a different opinion about how I did. It's just a tricky role.

In regards to the Schrieber drinking rumors...who knows. If there are rumors then he's probably done it a couple of times. Alchohol does help some people with their acting, especially the role requires them to go to certain emotional depths. As long as you know your limits and you don't, say, give a fellow actor a contusion, I guess it's not the end of the world.

[Tigger]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 10:16pm

Style is exactly the point of Oscar Wilde and maybe that is why I responded to the women who had loads it, more than to the men who I felt were bereft of it. I was too conscious during the entire show that Santino in particular as pleasant as he looks was "shmacting". But as you say, to each his own.

[Tigger]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 10:25pm

Then we agree to disagree. You were delighted by the brothers who I found bland and I preferred the ladies because I felt they personified far more the wit, irony, and style of Oscar Wilde . It's good to see that the show was well crafted enough to elicit a response that goes all over the map.Isn't that what good theatre is all about?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 11:41pm

This thread has gotten nastier than a Ricky Gervais monologue.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 1/17/11 at 11:54pm

Fontana's problem lied entirely with Schrieber, and his forceful acting nature, which led to the injury. Obviously there are more details but question all you want, that's it.

[ljay889]

Posted: 1/18/11 at 1:17am

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW_EXCLUSIVE_Liev_Schreiber_Talks_Broadway_Hollywood_EVERY_DAY_20110117_page1

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/18/11 at 1:26am

Actually IdinaBell, as I stated earlier his problems lied with both stars of the show.